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A Year of Love and Survival Teaching Incarcerated Kids at Rikers Island
Eighteen years ago, performance artist Liza Jessie Peterson never thought that her day of substitute teaching at Rikers Island C-74 would change the course of her life, but it did. It ignited a lifelong passion--which continues in her work with incarcerated kids today--to make a difference in the lives of youth in trouble.
Her powerful narrative captures the essence, humor, intellect, creativity and psychology of children in the penal system. She intimately introduces readers to her students. We see them, smell their musk, feel their attitudes, hear their voices and learn how they came to be jailed--residents of "the island." Everyone in the classroom grows-including the teacher-in this must-read memoir for anyone who cares about children and education. Peterson's perspective and insights will make any teacher a better teacher. This book will encourage and empower anyone committed to social justice.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781455570911
- Author: Liza Jessie Peterson
- Pub date: 16.05.17
- RRP: $59.99
- Format: Hardback
Author
Liza Jessie Peterson
LIZA JESSIE PETERSON is an actress, poet, playwright, educator and activist. She has performed her play The Peculiar Patriot in more than 35 jails and penitentiaries across the country and has opened for keynote speakers at conferences on mass incarceration. She has worked with such artists as Nona Hendryx, Toshi Reagon, Amiri Baraka, The Last Poets, Craig Harris, Vernon Reid, Rakim, Carl Hancock Rux, Ron Carter, and Sandra St. Victor and appeared in the films Love the Hard Way (co-starring with Pam Grier and Academy Award winner Adrien Brody), Bamboozled (Spike Lee), A Drop of Life (K. Shalini), and What About Me (Jamie Catto). She will be featured in an upcoming documentary about mass incarceration by Ava Duvernay (director of Selma), where she will discuss her art and activism.
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